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I have no experience with the hops you mentioned but in my Black IPA experience Chinook, Centennial, and Simcoe are all great choices. I say Black IPA instead of CDA because a bunch of buddies from Portland gave me grief one time by saying it has to have Willamette or some other Pacific...

Yes it was for a 5 gallon recipe and a few VT locals (who homebrew) have "confirmed" that Pearl is the "go to" base malt for John Kimmich when he brews this recipe so that put me in said direction. BTW Pearl is freaking awesome and just might become my "house" base malt. It is like a half way...

This years Weyerbacher Riserva....gotta luv Raspberries and turpentine :)

My favorites are: - Centennial - Columbus - Chinook - Citra - Galaxy - Amarillo - Simcoe

I took my first stab at cloning this one recently and went with.... 80% Pearl Malt 6% Caramel 15 6% Carapils 6% Corn Sugar (last 15 minutes of boil) 2% Acid Malt 20 minute additions: - 1oz Simcoe - 1oz Centennial - 1oz Columbus - 0.75oz Amarillo - 0.75oz Nugget 10 minute additions: - 1oz...

Definitely some CTZ hops and Simcoe being used, probably along with others like Centennial (or cascade) and maybe even Nugget and/or Amarillo. I wouldn't even be surprised if a bit of Summit is in the mix, as it gives a citrusy note and sometimes offers hints of onion which I definitely smell...

Thanks for the reply. Just took one from the larger carboy. It was a few extra points higher than the recipe called for but still within range for the style!

Batch came out to 7 gallons post chilling to pitch temperature. Pitched 4.5 gallons into a 5 gallon carboy. (CARBOY A) Pitched 2.5 gallons into a 3 gallon carboy. (CARBOY B) My 2L starter was all the way down to 1600ml by pitch time so: I pitched 1070ml into Carboy A I pitched 530ml into...